Carter Oil Co. v. Watson

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, The Carter Oil Company, filed 'a complaint for an injunction to restrain the defendants from continuing to drill for oil and gas on a tract of land located in Fayette County, Illinois. The defendants answered the complaint claiming ownership of the land in themselves. After hearing the evidence the District Court entered a decree finding plaintiff was the owner of all the oil and gas and other minerals in and under the land involved, and permanently enjoined the defendants from endeavoring to drill and from drilling for oil or gas in and under the land…